It wasn’t until around 2023 – soon after Polanski, a new style of “eco-populist” intent on raising the party’s profile by way of spicy tweets, was elevated to deputy leader – that the media’s antisemitism tennis ball launcher roared into life, volleying a steady stream of allegations the Greens’ way. It hasn’t stopped since.
“I do think it’s inevitable that as the Greens become more popular … [antisemitism] will continue to be a point of potential attack,” Em Hilton, international policy director of Diaspora Alliance, a Jewish organisation that combats antisemitism and its weaponisation, told Novara Media (Hilton and I worked together at the Jewish media outlet Vashti). “This is a way to undermine progressives.” The Greens’ press officers have been swapping notes with Zohran Mamdani’s team, Novara Media understands.
